PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
A First Class in the Rewa Kantha Agency, founded about
1360 by Kumar Shri Samarsinhji
Mokhdaji, younger son of Thakur
Mokhdaji Ranoji 1309/1347 of Gogha (later Bhavnagar) by the
daughter of Rao Chokrana,
a Parmar Rajput prince of Ujjain in Malwa. He succeded to the estate of his
father-in-law when he died heirless, and took the name Arjun Sinhji.
Rulers were...
- Maharana JITSINHJI,
Maharana of Rajpipla, married and had issue. He died
1754.
- Maharana Pratapsinhji JItsinhji (qv)
- Maharana
PRATAPSINHJI JITSINHJI, Maharana of Rajpipla
1754/1764, married and had issue. He died 1764.
- Maharana Raisinhji Pratapsinhji (qv)
- Maharana Ajabsinhji Pratapsinhji (qv)
- Maharana RAISINHJI
PRATAPSINHJI, Maharana of Rajpipla 1764/1786,
died 1786.
- Maharana AJABSINHJI
RAISINHJI, Maharana of Rajpipla 1786/1803,
married and had issue. He died 1803.
- Maharana Ramsinhji Ajabsinhji (qv)
- Maharana Narsinhji Ajabsinhji (qv)
- Maharana RAMSINHJI
AJABSINHJI, Maharana of Rajpipla 1803/1810
(deposed), married and had adoptive issue.
- (A) Maharana Pratapsinhji Ramsinhji (qv)
- Maharana
PRATAPSINHJI RAMSINHJI, Maharana of Rajpipla
1810/1815, succeeded by adoption..
INTERREGNUM 1815/1819
- Maharana NARSINHJI
AJABSINHJI, Maharana of Rajpipla 1819/1821
(abdicated)
- Maharana VAIRISALJI
NARSINHJI, Maharana of Rajpipla 1821/1860
(abdicated), married and had issue. He died 1868.
- Maharana Shri Gambhirsinhji Vairisalji (qv)
- HH Maharani Chandra Kunverba Sahiba, married 1873,
HH Maharawal Shri Mansinhji
Prithvirajji of Baria,
and had issue. She died 1894.
- Maharana Shri
GAMBHIRSINHJI VAIRISALJI, Maharana of
Rajpipla 1860/1897, born 1847, installed as ruler on
17th November 1860; married and had issue. He died
10th January 1897.
- HH Maharana Shri Sir Chhatrasinhji Gambhirsinhji
(qv)
- Kumar Shri Ramsinhji Gambhirsinhji, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot
- Kumar Shri Kiritsinhji Gambhirsinhji, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot
- Kumar Shri Narsinhji Gambhirsinhji, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot
- Kumar Shri Digvijaysinhji Gambhirsinhji, educated
at Rajkumar College, Rajkot
- HH Maharani Dilhar Kunverba Sahiba, married (as
his second wife), Lt.-Col. HH Maharawal Sir Shri
Ranjitsinhji Mansinhji of Baria,
and had issue.
- Rani Drupad Kunverba Sahiba, Maharaj Naharsinhji
Mansinhji of Baria,
and had issue. She died 1980,
- HH Maharana Shri
Sir CHHATRASINHJI GAMBHIRSINHJI, Maharana of
Rajpipla 1897/1915, born 1862, educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot; a progressive ruler, he began the
process of modernisation of Rajpipla which was carried
on by his son, he married 1stly, a daughter of HH
Maharana Raj Saheb Shri Banesinhji Jaswantsinhji of Wankaner, married
2ndly, HH Maharani Sardar Kunverba, daughter of
Maharawal Shri Motisinhji Jitsinhji of Chhota-Udaipur,
married 3rdly, a daughter of Mahida Shri Durjan
Sinhji, and had issue four sons and two daughters. He
died 27th September 1915 (#1).
- Maj. HH Maharana Shri Sir Vijaysinhji
Chhatrasinhji (by 1st marriage) (qv)
- HH Maharani Padma Kunverba Saheba, married 1927
(as his first wife), HH Maharawal Natwarsinhji
Fatehsinhji of Chhota-Udaipur.
She died 1928.
-
Lt.-Col.
HH
Maharana Shri Sir VIJAYSINHJI CHHATRASINHJI Sahib
K.C.S.I., Maharana of Rajpipla 1915/1951, born 30th
January 1890 at Nandod (#2)(#3) and succeeded 26th
September 1915 (#3),
G.B.E., K.C.S.I. [cr.1925], educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot, and at the Imperial Cadet Corps,
Dehra Dun; granted the hereditary title of Maharaja as
well as having the state's salute raised from 11 to 13
guns, he introduced many reforms, including free
Primary education, nominal high school fees,
scholarships, a hospital, 5 dispensaries and a
veterinary hospital in the state, good public works,
and a criminal-and-civil court, he initiated the
construction of good motorable roads, a 40 mile
railway line, and a 19 mile steam railroad and a
tramway connecting the towns along the river Narmada
with villages in the interior and a power house
supplying water and electricity to the town, he
regularised the land revenue systems, introduced
pensions for public servants and increased the salary
of the police and military, he was a keen horseman,
with his horses winning the Irish Derby in 1926
(Embargo) and the Grand Prix in Belgium in 1927
(Embargo), and the Epsom Derby in 1934 (Windsor Lad),
in the 1932-1933 racing season he topped the racing
events list in India, he married 1stly, 2nd
March 1911, HH Maharani Uday Kunverba Sahiba, daughter
of Maharaj Raghunath Singh of Amleta, married 2ndly,
18th June 1917, HH Maharani Padmini Kunverba Sahiba,
daughter of Rao Raja Khuman Singh Ju Deo of Panna, married 3rdly, 5th
January 1940, HH Maharani Ila Devi [née Ella
Atherton], and had issue. He died 29th April 1951 in
Europe and was cremated on the banks of the river
Narmada, 18 kms from his former capital.
- HH Maharana Shri Rajendrasinhji Vijaysinhji Sahib
(by Maharani Uday Kunverba Sahiba)(qv)
- Rajkumar Shri Raghunathsinhji Vijaysinhji Sahib
(by Maharani Uday Kunverba Sahiba), born July 1913
at Nandod, died 1915.
- Rajkumari Shri (name
unknown) Kunverba Sahiba (by Maharani Uday
Kunverba Sahiba), born 1914 at Nanod, died 1915 at
Nanod.
- Maharajkumari Kusum Kunverba Sahiba [HH Maharani
Kusum Kunverba Sahiba of Chhota Udaipur] (by
Maharani Uday Kunverba Sahiba), married 5th December
1928, (as his second wife), HH Maharawal Shri
Natwarsinhji Fatehsinhji of Chhota-Udaipur,
and had issue. She died 1981.
- Maharaj Shri Pramodsinhji Vijaysinhji Sahib (by
Maharani Uday Kunverba Sahiba), born 13th January
1917 at Nandod, educated at Mayo College, Ajmer and
Queen’s College, Cambridge (B.A), member of the
Indian Administrative Service, married 10th December
1952, Rani Jayendra Kumari, daughter of Thakore
Sahib Shri Indrasinhji Balvirsinhji of Lakhtar, and had
issue. He died 1st January 1980 at Bombay.
- Rajkumari Yogeshwari Devi Sahiba, born 13th
October 1953 at Bombay, married 6th December 1976,
Kunwar Duleep Singh, son of Thakur Harnath Singh
of Khatipura, and had issue. She died 2001.
- Rajkumari Maheshwari Devi Sahiba, born 16th
December 1954 at Bombay, married 11th December
1981, Shri Manvendra Singh Panwar, son of Lt.-Col.
Mahendra Pratap Bahadur Singh, and has
issue.
- Rajkumari Durgeshwari Devi Sahiba, born 10th
April 1956 at Lakhtar, married 21st April 1980,
Shri R. Balchander, and has issue.
- Rajkumari Krishna Kumari Sahiba, born 25th
September 1959 at Bhubaneshwar, married 10th
February 1989, Kumar Shri Brijrajsinhji
Praveensinhji of Dhrol.
- Maharajkumari Mohini Kunverba Sahiba [HH Maharani
Mohini Devi of Morvi] (by Maharani Padmini Kunverba
Sahiba), born 14th September 1918 at Nandod, married
27th January 1932, (as his first wife), HH Maharaja
Shri Mahendrasinhji Lakhdirji Sahib Bahadur of Morvi. She died 13th
December 1993.
- Rajkumar Shri (name
unknown) Vijaysinhji Sahib (by Maharani
Padmini Kunverba Sahiba), born July 1919, died 11th
August 1919.
- Maharaj Shri Indrajeetsinhji Vijaysinhji Sahib (by
Maharani Padmini Kunverba Sahiba), born 19th
September 1925 at Nandod, educated at Mayo College,
Ajmer; married 27th May 1954 at Bombay, Rani Vina
Kumari, daughter of Raja Shriniwas Prasad Singh of Jagdishpur
(Bhojpur, Bihar), and his wife, Rani Savitri Devi,
and had issue. He died 11th July 1964.
- Rajkumar Shri Indra Vikram Singh, born 29th July
1955 at Mussoorie, educated at St. Joseph’s
Academy, Dehra Dun; St. George’s College,
Mussoorie; Hans Raj College, Delhi University; and
at the British Institute of Commerce, Bombay;
author of ‘Test Cricket - End of the Road?’
(1992), associate editor of Cricket Samrat -
English edition (1999-2000), co-author of ‘Peter
Murray’s World Cup Cricket’ (2002), married 21st
May 1981 at Dehra Dun, Rajkumar Rani Vandana
Kumari, daughter of Thakur Mahabir Singh of
Ajairajpura, and has issue.
- Kunwar Vishvajeet Singh, born 30th July 1983
at Doom Dooma, educated at Vidya Niketan, New
Delhi; Summer Fields School, Gurgaon; Shaheed
Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University; and
ICFAI University, Hyderabad.
- Rajkumar Indra Vadan Singh, born 1st November
1957 at Dehra Dun, educated at St. Joseph’s
Academy, Dehra Dun; St. George’s College,
Mussoorie; St. Michael’s School, Patna; Hindu
College and Hans Raj College, Delhi University,
married 21st February 1982 at New Delhi, Rajkumar
Rani Ratna Varma, daughter of Wing Commander J. C.
Varma, and has issue.
- Kumari Shubhangini Singh, born 26th April 1983
at New Delhi, educated at Vidya Niketan, New
Delhi and Wigan & Leigh College, New
Delhi.
- Kunwar Chandra Vadan Singh, born 3rd
February 1988 at Duliajan, educated at Vidya
Niketan, New Delhi.
- Maharajkumari Chandra Prabha Kumari Sahiba
(Maharaj Kunwar Rani Chandra Prabha Kumari Sahiba of
Nabha) (by Maharani Padmini Kunverba Sahiba), born
11th November 1932 at Nandod, married 1950,
Maharajkumar Shri Gurbaksh Singh of Nabha, and has issue.
- Maharaj Shri Rajsinhji Vijaysinhji Sahib (by
Maharani Ila Devi), born 21st November 1940,
educated at Westminister School.
- Maharajkumari Premila Devi Sahiba (by Maharani Ila
Devi), born 10th April 1949, educated at Heathfield
School, Ascot.
- HH Maharana Shri
RAJENDRASINHJI VIJAYSINHJI Sahib, Maharana of
Rajpipla 1951/1963, born 30th March 1912 at Nandod,
educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, and RMA, Woolwich,
married 5th March 1934, HH Maharani Rasik Kunverba
Sahiba, daughter of HH
Maharawal Shri Fatehsinhji Motisinhji Sahib
of Chhota-Udaipur,
and had issue. He died 3rd February 1963 at Bombay.
- HH Maharana Shri Raghubirsinhji Rajendrasinhji
Sahib (qv)
- Maharajkumari Premlata Kumari Sahiba (HH Maharani
Premlata Kumari Sahiba of Patna, now the Rajmata
Sahiba of Patna), born 5th January 1937 at Nandod,
married 18th January 1955, HH Maharaja Raj Raj Singh
Deo of Patna, and has
issue.
- Maharajkumari Vimla Kumari Sahiba (Rani Vimla
Kumari Sahiba of Bamra), born 15th September 1938 at
Nandod, married 7th February 1965, Raja Pradipta
Gang Deb of Bamra,
and has issue.
- HH Maharana Shri
RAGHUBIRSINHJI RAJENDRASINHJI Sahib, Maharana
of Rajpipla (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Rani Manwar Kunwarba Sahiba, married 1914, Maharaj
Dasrath Singh of Barwani
and had issue. She died 1916.
- Rani Shyamlata Kumari, married Maharaj Shri
Naharsinhji Godji of Kutch.
- Maharaj Champaksinhji, married the 2nd daughter of
Rana Gulabsinhji Gammelsinhji of Pratappur, and had
issue.
- Thakurani Bharati Devi, married April 1947,
Lt.-Col. Thakur Raghuvir Singhji of Dundlod, and has
issue.
- Rajkumari Veena Devi, married Kumar Shri Jaisinhji
Jhala, son of Kumar Shri Banesinhji
Jaswantsinhji of Wadhwan.
- Kanwar Prithiraj Singh, married and had issue.
- Rani Kusum Kumari, married 13th May 1930, Maj. HH
Raja Sir Joginder Sen Bahadur of Mandi.
- Rani Jayaraj Kumari, married 1936, Maharaj Shri
Duleepsinhji Jaswansinhji Jadeja of Nawanagar.
- Kumar Shri Indravijaysinhji Amarjeetsinhji, educated
at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1980)
- Kumar Shri Jaisinhji Hirasinhji, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1963)
- Kumar Shri Vikramsinhji Hirasinhji, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1969)
- Rani Rattan Kunwarba Sahiba, married (as his tenth
wife), Raj Sahib Raisinhji Pratapsinhji of Dhrangadhra, and
had issue.
- Kumar Shri Randhirsinhji Duleepsinhji Gohil, married
1973, Kumari Shri Gayatri Devi, daughter of Thakore
Saheb Mahendrasinhji Jorawarsinhji of Mengni,
and his wife, Thakurani Nirmala Kunverba Saheba.
- Rani Drupad Kunverba Sahiba, married Maharaj
Naharsinhji Mansinhji of Baria,
and had issue.
- HH Maharani Samaj Kunverba Sahiba, married (as his
first wife), HH Maharawal Shri Fatehsinhji Motisinhji
Sahib of Chhota-Udaipur,
and had issue.
- Maharaj Prakram Singhji, married and had issue.
- Ranisaheb Bashri Pushpakunvarbasaheb, married 1927
(as his first wife), Major Maharaol Maharaj
Naharsinhji Fatehsinhji of Chhota-Udaipur,
and had issue.
- Rani Ranjana Devi, married Maharaj Shri Hirasinhji
Ranjitsinhji of Baria.
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